Rhonda Laureen Runningbird was 25 when she disappeared on March 26, 1995, during a hunting trip near Swan Lake in Clearwater County, Alberta. According to her common-law husband’s report to the RCMP, the group’s truck became stuck in mud and Rhonda walked off to seek help and never returned. She was described as Indigenous, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 125–145 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, glasses, and wearing a red-hooded coat and running shoes. Distinctive markings included a tattoo of RRB on her left hand and a cross on her right hand, and she was using a kidney colostomy bag because of recent injuries.

Rhonda’s family learned of her disappearance from a news story after trying to reach her for about a week. When they searched the area themselves they found items they believed were hers—glasses, one shoe, and the colostomy bag—but the RCMP told them the items did not belong to Rhonda. The family has criticized the initial response and said the common-law partner’s account and the suggestion by an officer that she might be in Edmonton getting drunk left questions unanswered. The partner was later named a person of interest but died in 2016; no charges were ever laid and investigators have said there was insufficient evidence to determine whether foul play occurred.

Rhonda’s case remains open. Did anyone in the Clearwater County or Swan Lake area know Rhonda or see her around March 26, 1995?